Kushiro Zoo

Kushiro Zoo (釧路動物園) is located at Yamahana Park (山花公園) and is adjacent to Yamahana Onsen Rifre (山花温泉リフレ) and Kushiro Fureai Horse Park (釧路市ふれあいホースパーク) and an auto campsite. It features a large site, and anout 60 kinds of 450 animals are bred at the site of 47.8 ha. The Kushiro Zoo was established in 1975 and is located in the eastmostern zoo in Japan. There are a sightseeing facility with wooden paths that reproduced Kushiro-shitsugen Wetalnd and a amusement park at the zoo, too. In addition, there is Yamahana Graveyard (山花墓地) for some reason at the zoo. The Kushiro Zoo is the rare zoo that there is a cemetery at the zoo in Japan.

Figure of Animal House Placement in Kushiro Zoo

Alpaca House

2 males and 4 females are bred at Alpaca House (アルパカ舎). Their names of males are Neptune and Pearl. Their names of females are Topaz, Ruby, Elsie and Marble. Originally alpaca inhabit the highlands (4400 - 4800m above sea level) of the South American Andes. They are a camel family and have bred as a domestic animal, and their hair is used for clothes. By the way, the alpaca spit at visitors when they threaten the visitors. Their saliva seems to be very stinking. Everybody, please be careful their saliva.

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Goat, Sheep and Parrot House

3 parrots, 4 goats, 7 sheep are bred at Goat, Sheep and Parrot House (ヤギ・メンヨウ・オウム舎). Their names of the Goats are Clala, Heidi, Yuki and Shiro. Their names of the Sheep are Cherry, Reina, Carene, Paruru, Sakurako, Lolo and Lulu. They are all female. As for the Sheep, Cheviot Sheep is mixed with Suffolk Sheep. In addition, there is a library for children at the orange building, tourists can go in and out freely.

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Zoo for Children

Rabbit, Marmota and Indian Peacock are unrestrained at a dome of the Zoo for Children (こども動物園), and Rabbits and Marmots can be touched directly. They are very friendly, they are so cute I can not contain myself. There seems to help the cultivation of aesthetic sentiments to children.

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Lesser Panda House

2 Lesser Panda are bred at Lesser Panda House (レッサーパンダ舎). His name is Meimei, and her name is Kouai. Originally they inhabit bamboo grove at 1,500 m - 4,000 m above sea level around Mount Everest. Because they are called Panda, their staple food is a bamboo leaf. The Kushiro Zoo succeeded in their breeding for the first time in Japan. They are in an extinction crisis, and visitors can expect their breeding in the future.

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African Crested Porcupine House

1 African Crested Porcupine is bred at African Crested Porcupine House (アフリカタテガミヤマアラシ舎). Originally they are nocturnal animal inhabiting in the North Africa. They are a mice family, and an individual seems to live for 20 years. The length of their needles is about 30 cm, and they rush backward for a foreign enemy. The foreign enemy seems to die by wounds, too. They have formidable ability for attacks.

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Birds House

Falcated Duck, Mandarin Duck, Mallard, Canada Goose and Bean Goose are bred at Birds House (フライングゲージ). All is a duck family, and the Bean Goose and the Wild Goose are designated as a natural monument. Unfortunately tourists will observe them only from the outside because I can not enter the inside.

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Wapiti and Yezo Deer House

7 Wapitis and 3 Yezo Deers are bred at Wapiti and Yezo Deer House (ワピチ・エゾシカ舎). They are a deer family. Originally the Wapiti inhabit the North America. Their body is big, and the average weight of the male exceed 300 kg. An individual seems to live for 20 years. The only male has horns. Their names of the Yezo Deer are Tenko, Shiichan and Aika. Originally they inhabit Hokkaido. All is taken care of in nature.

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Anthropoid Ape House

White-handed Gibbon, Bornean Orangutan, Chimpanzee are bred at Anthropoid Ape Hosue (類人猿舎). All is in an extinction crisis. As for the White-handed Gibbon, his name is On and her name is Miku. He is the oldest white-handed gibbon in Japan on exceeding 55 years old. Originally they inhabit the dense forest of the Malay Peninsula located in the Southeastern Asian.

Anthropoid Ape HosueWhite-Handed Gibbon

Names of the Bornean Orangutan are Rolly, Hina and Rina. All is female. Originally they inhabit the dense forest of the Indonesian Borneo Island. It is said that a strong male orangutan develops a flange around a face, but tourists can not see the state because unfortunately there is not an adult male. As for the Chimpanzee, there are 2 males and 3 females. Their names are Testugoro, Yuminosuke, Yuko and Lily. Originally they inhabit the dense forest of the Central Africa. They are omnivorous animal and seems to eat other monkeys.

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Reindeer House

1 male, 1 female and their children are bred at Reindeer House (トナカイ舎). Reindeer is a deer family. Both male and female have horns. Originally they inhabit the Arctic Circle and are only domesticated animal in the deer family. They succeed in breeding almost every year in the Kushiro Zoo.

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Buffalo House

1 Buffalo is bred at Buffalo House (アメリカバイソン舎). Her name is Pololo. They are a cow family and originally inhabit the North America. A big individual seems to be weight over 1,000 kg and is really heaviness.

Buffalo House

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Raptorial Birds House

Blakiston's Fish-owl, Goshawk, Black Kite, Buzzard and Falcon are bred at Raptorial Birds House (猛禽舎). Originally the Blakiston's Fish-owls inhabit Hokkaido. There are only 100 individuals in the natural world and they are in an extinction crisis. The Kushiro Zoo succeed in breeding for the first time in the world.

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The Goshawk inhabits the Northern Hemisphere and is familiar as a hawk used as Takagari in Japan from old days. The feature is that a female grows larger than a male. The Black Kite inhabit all over the world except the American Continent. They are always seen in Japan. The Buzzard inhabit the West Europe, the South Africa and the South India. The Falcon inhabit all over the world. They can fly at 300 km per an hour and fly at a speed about equal to Shinkansen !

[Nature, Onsen and Tasty Foods] Good!Hokkiado!, I Introduce sightseeing spots such as Nature, Hot Springs and Tasty Foods in Hokkaido

Hokkaido is located in the far east of the world. A lot of attractive things such as tasty foods, hot springs and nature are filled. I want everybody to know those by all means and introduce about Hokkaido to you without everybody's permission. Please visit the Hokkaido if you are interested in the Hokkaido, and you experience the charms, please be impressed! I am studying English now. I am sorry if my English sentences are incorrect.